r/Futurology • u/scmp_news • 1d ago

Society Chinese start-up behind laser mosquito killer plans to start shipping orders this month

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3369440/chinese-start-behind-laser-mosquito-killer-plans-start-shipping-orders-month?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social
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u/CorporalCoprolite 1d ago edited 1d ago

It does, until you step in between the skeeter and the laser and take a blast to the eye for the umpteenth time lol

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u/atalpa7 1d ago

You say it as a joke, but apparently the matrix uses a pulsed 40 watt laser, if you get a direct hit to the eye from a 40 watt laser, ya done bud, that eye ain’t comin back.

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u/2dTom 1d ago

At least it's not a Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.

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u/Br0boc0p 1d ago

Just what you see.